WE ARE MOVING!!

First of all, I'm really sorry if the first you heard about us moving was thru the facebook event I created or the email I sent out.  I should have blogged about this a while back.  I'm sorry.  Here's the story...

On Feb 26th, we found out that F*C*S, the non-profit organization that Brett works for, was possibly going to be unable to pay for health insurance starting on June 1st  (because of the economy, finances have been really tight).  Anyway, we were not looking to leave nor does F*C*S want us to leave.  After we heard about this possibility, we spent the next month or so just praying.  

By the end of March, we got word that this was definitely going to happen..... F*C*S staff and families are now responsible for paying for their own insurance, however, we simply do not have enough in our personal account to do this.  In a nutshell, things became very clear to us that it was time to move on.  We put our house on the market and had a contract on it by day 7.  We will be closing on the house on June 14th at 9:30 am, and we will be heading back to TX in the moving truck afterwards.  

We're not sure what is next for us.  For now, we are moving in with Brett's family, (right outside of Waco).  Brett has been applying for jobs; he'd like to be on staff at a church again.  In the mean time, he will be working with his dad (real estate).

Overall, we're doing okay with all of this.  Transition is always hard.  We have our sad days, our days when we get anxious about the unknown that lies ahead of us, and our days when we are really excited to see what God has for our family in the near future!  We have really loved our life here in Wichita!! We've made some life-long friends, we LOVE our church & small group, we believe in F*C*S & what they are doing more than ever before, we've made a lot of special memories here, and we will miss this place a lot!!  So much good has come out of our last 2.5 years here in Wichita, and we're really grateful that God allowed us to be here! We're confident that God is in control of this whole thing, and we are trusting Him and resting in the knowledge that He has a plan for our family.  

So that's the story! :)  

We only have 12 days left in this place, & we want to make the most of each minute!  We're not as far along in the packing process as we had hoped, but we're planning on making some major progress in the next couple days so that we can focus on spending time with friends.  Thank you so much to those of you here in Wichita who have loved us and lived life with us the last 2.5 years!  And thank you so much to all of you not in Wichita.... for the ways that you have loved us, supported us, and believed in us along our journey.  We're grateful for each of you!